Editor in Chief at Fnatic.com
Utrecht Area, Netherlands
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- Editor in Chief at fnatic.com
- Past
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- CoD4 Manager at Trademark Gamers
- General Manager at Team CMAX.gg
- Journalist Webwriter at 4Kings
- Head of International Content at Oslo Lions
- Head of Content at DailyCOD
- Education
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- ROC Midden Nederland
- Revius Lyceum Doorn
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Roald van Buuren’s Summary
As youngster (younger than I am now!) I've always dreamt of being a professional gamer and earn money by attending LAN events. Unfortunately, I did not have the skills to make that dream come true.
On a later age I got to know another side of E-Sports, managing and journalism. I started off writing for small community sites such as DailyCOD.com and zpgaming.net. After writing for them several months, I got in contact with the management of 4Kings, one of the most prominent gaming teams in the world, and got offered a job as Call of Duty 4 journalist. I took the offer with open hands.
In the mean time, I joined some friends in a project. Random Gaming lifted off and I joined in as General Manager. The organization wasn't doing as well as they could and had teams they shouldn't have. I reorganized the whole team, and eventually we merged with hosting company CMAX.gg, which seemed beneficial for all sides.
Eventually it didn't work out between me and 4Kings and I moved on. I had apparently impressed a lot of people since I had a lot of offers on the table by major gaming teams. I worked for the Norwegian number one gaming team for a short period as Head of International Content. Eventually I got offered a job by FNATIC Team, one of my favourite teams ever since I entered the world of E-Sports, an easy decision was made by joining them.
Currently I am writing for FNATIC for eight months, and being one of the few Call of Duty 4 writers that gets a salary out of E-Sports. I have left Team CMAX.gg in order to fully focus on my career at FNATIC.
Roald van Buuren’s Specialties:
Journalism, dedication, team management, event coverage, scene knowledge.
Roald van Buuren’s Experience
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Editor in Chief
fnatic.com
(Writing and Editing industry)
April 2008 — Present (1 year 4 months)
Editor in Chief for fnatic.com.
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CoD4 Manager
Trademark Gamers
(Sports industry)
December 2008 — March 2009 (4 months)
Manager of Trademark Gamers its Call of Duty 4 team.
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General Manager
Team CMAX.gg
(Computer Games industry)
January 2007 — May 2008 (1 year 5 months)
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Journalist Webwriter
4Kings
(Writing and Editing industry)
2008 — 2008 (less than a year)
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Head of International Content
Oslo Lions
(Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Computer Games industry)
December 2007 — March 2008 (4 months)
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Head of Content
DailyCOD
(Public Company; 11-50 employees; Computer Games industry)
October 2007 — January 2008 (4 months)
Roald van Buuren’s Education
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ROC Midden Nederland
VAVO , Economics, Society & Biology , 2008 — 2010 (expected)
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Revius Lyceum Doorn
HAVO , Economics and Society , 2003 — 2008
Additional Information
Roald van Buuren’s Websites:
Roald van Buuren’s Interests:
Marketing, webwriting, Gaming, LAN-parties,
Roald van Buuren’s Groups:
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Dutch Games Association
Roald van Buuren’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
- consulting offers
- expertise requests
- business deals
- reference requests
- getting back in touch
